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EVGA reveals its X570 FTW WIFI motherboards, the 2nd AMD Ryzen mainboard

EVGA's bolstering its support for Ryzen

Published: 10th November 2021 | Source: EVGA | Author: Mark Campbell

EVGA reveals its 2nd AMD Ryzen motherboard, the X570 FTW WIFI

EVGA launched its first Ryzen/AM4 motherboard earlier this year with their X570 DARK, focusing on professional overclockers and those who wanted to squeeze every ounce of potential they could out of AMD's Ryzen 5000 series processors. Today, EVGA's AM4 offerings
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Forza Horizon 5 PC Performance Review and Optimisation Guide

Get full throttle performance from Playground Games' latest racer

Published: 9th November 2021 | Source: OC3D Internal Testing | Price: | Author: Mark Campbell

Introduction - Forza reaches its next Horizon

The Forza Horizon series has always been a favourite here at OC3D, even before it arrived on PC for the first time with Forza Horizon 3. Today, the Xbox brand sits firmly within the realms of console and PC gaming, with Xbox Game Pass making the franchise more accessible than ever.

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Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 have been Delisted by Konami over video licensing issues

Thankfully, Konami has forgotten to delist Metal Gear Solid 2's PC version from GOG

Published: 9th November 2021 | Source: Konami | Author: Mark Campbell

Metal Gear Solid 2/3 digital versions have been delisted by Konami over video licensing issues

Konami has announced that they have delisted the digital versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 from many digital storefronts. Currently, Konami is working to renew their licenses for the historical archive footage that is used within both games.

Strangely,
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Intel

Gigabyte's under fire for marketing a "fake" 8GHz Alder Lake overclock

High profile overclockers are throwing a lot of shade at Gigabyte

Published: 9th November 2021 | Source: Various Sources | Author: Mark Campbell

Gigabyte's under fire for marketing a "fake" 8GHz Alder Lake overclock

Gigabyte has been advertising the overclocking potential of their new Z690 AORUS TACHYON motherboard, stating that their board was able to achieve an 8,000 MHz CPU overclock and an 8,300 MHz DDR5 memory with Intel's new Alder Lake series
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Noctua latest low profile CPU coolers are ready for LGA1700 and Alder Lake

Noctua's new fan duct add-on can lower thermals by around six degrees (This article contains affiliate links)

Published: 9th November 2021 | Source: Noctua | Author: Mark Campbell

Noctua launches new NH-L9i Low Profile CPU coolers for LGA1700

Intel has a new CPU socket, and that means that Noctua needs to update its lineup of low profile CPU coolers, many of which are socket specific. Today, Noctua has unveiled its updated NH-L9

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SilverStone's HELO 2050 Platinum PSU showcases the future of GPUs

SilverStone has created a 2050W PSU within a relatively compact form factor

Published: 9th November 2021 | Source: Silverstone Tek | Author: Mark Campbell

12-pin GPU connectors are appearing on high wattage PSUs, showcasing the future of gaming power


SilverStone has just launched their new HELA 2050 power supply, a Cybenetics Platinum rated 2050W unit that supports the Intel ATX12V 2.52 specifications, offers users 100% modular cables

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Samsung develops the industry's first LPDDR5X DRAM, speeding up future devices

More performance than LPDDR5 with less power

Published: 9th November 2021 | Source: Samsung | Author: Mark Campbell

Samsung's LPDDR5 memory will make future devices faster and more power-efficient

Fast memory is vital within today's PC market, providing the data capacity and bandwidth required to complete all of today's computational tasks. Within the mobile market, both the power draw and performance of DRAM is essential, as faster memory can complete workloads faster, reducing the amount of time components

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AMD's Instinct MI200 is a Gamechanger for AMD's HPC Accelerator Efforts

A dual-GPU chip with an innovative memory configuration

Published: 8th November 2021 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD takes the chiplet revolution to the GPU market

AMD has created what they are calling the world's "first exascale-class GPU accelerators" with their AMD Instinct MI200 series. Alongside their EPYC processors, AMD's new MI250X accelerators will power the world's first Exascale supercomputer, theĀ Oak Ridge National Laboratory Horizon supercomputer.

The

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What you need to know about AMD's Zen 4 EPYC, Genoa, Bergamo, and 5nm plans

AMD's next-generation Zen 4 CPUs will feature up to 128 cores

Published: 8th November 2021 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD's diversifying the x86 market with its 5nm Zen 4 offerings

AMD's Zen 4 disclosures at their Accelerated Date Center event are big. Not only has AMD their planned core counts for Zen 4, but they have also revealed a major alteration to their x86 CPU roadmap, set expectations for 5nm,
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AMD's Milan-X EPYC processors are Cache-filled Monsters for technical computing

AMD promises a 50% average performance increase in targeted workloads

Published: 8th November 2021 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD's Milan-X EPYC processors take V-Cache technology into the enterprise market

AMD targets the industrial computing market with their latest EPYC series processors. To do this, AMD utilising their 3D V-Cache technology to expand their 3rd Generation EPYC lineup with models that feature 768MB of L3 cache, three times as much cache as
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